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Fires & bushfires, 1902

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Great Fire at Capetown

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 2

A great fire has occurred in the heart of Capetown. The offices of the South African Mutual Assurance Society. Fletcher and Company importers, Dix and…

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Fire! Tumut

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 2

Carr's saddler's shop and Kinred's coach building factory were totally consumed by fire sbout 3 o'clock this morning. An attempt to fire these places was…

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Fire at Tumut. Tumut

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 2

Kinred's carriage works and Carr's saddlery shop were gutted by fire early this morning. Last May these buildings narrowly escaped destruction by fire. At…

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Destructive Fire

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

The fire-fiend who attempted, about six weeks ago, to burn the premises occupied by Messrs Kinred and Carr, in Wynyard-street…

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Fire at Chicago

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

The skipping office and meat market at Chicago, United States, have been burnt down. The loss is estimated at a million dollars…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held last week, when a fair attendance was present. First-Lieut, Spies occupied the chair…

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Stores at Delagoa Bay. Great Loss by Fire. London, July 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

The vast quantities of hay, oats, and compressed forage stored by the British Governmeent at Delagoa Bay have been destroyded by fire. The property was not…

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Tumut. Fire in Wynyard-street. Kinred's and Carr's Business Premises Destroyed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 3

THE residents of Wynyard-street were rudely awakened on Friday morning (Yankee Day), not by the firing off of anvils to celebrate the establishment of…

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The Delagoa Bay Fire. Incendiarism Suspected

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 2

The fire in the Government Military Stores at Delagoa Bay is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The fire is still burning, and, owing to the want of…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, July 8. Fire at Delagoa Bay

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 2

The fire in the British Government stores at Delagoa Bay is abating. The damage is estimated at a million sterling. FAREWELL MESSAGE OF LORD KITCHENEB…

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The Tumut Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 2

On Tuesday three representatives arrived at Tumut from Sydney on behalf of the Atlas, London, Liverpool, and Globe, and United insurance companies, to…

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Fire in London. Telephone Service Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 2

The Telephone Company's London Wall Exchange, which supplied 20,000 subscribers, has been burnt down. The damage is estimated at £20,000…

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Fire in a Sanatorium. Patients Burned in Their Beds Fearful Struggles for Life. Deeds of Heroism

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 1

According to the San Francisco files received by the R.M.S. Sierra this week, nine men and one woman were killed, and over thirty persons were injured in…

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The Late Fire in Wynyard Street. Coroner's Inquiry

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the fire in Wynyard-street, in shops occupied by Messrs. E. Kinred and Thomas Carr, was…

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Camp Fire Gleams

The Worker · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 2

The cause of Labor in this country is hampered, not by lack of leaders, or by any deficiency in the quantity or quality of Labor literature, but by the apathy and…

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Disastrous Fire. London, July 21

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 2

The railway station, Customs and 19 blocks of buildings in the principal streets of Guoyaquil have been destroyed by fire. Guoyaquil is the principal seaport of the…

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Alarming Incident in a Church. a Clergyman's Apparel on Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1902 · page 4

[?] evening, the Rev. J. B. Sharp, of Brunswick, Melbourne, had a strange and alarming experience, which caused some sensation…

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Terrible Fire in London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 3

The terrible story of the fire which broken out in Queen Victoria Street, on the afternoon of June 9 is one of the most deplorable that has ever been told…

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Victoria. a Big Fire. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 2

A tire occurred this morning in the timber yard and moulding mills of Henry Beecham and Company, at the corner of Spencer and Bourke street. All the…

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Alarming Incident In a Church. a Clergyman's Apparel on Fire

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 3

While preac[?] in his pulpit on Sunday evening, the Rev. J. B. Sharp, of Branswick, ble[?]bourne, had a strange and alarming experience,…

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